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Was there's government in 1500s Ireland

No lords ruled over the country and King Henry VII ruled over a small area called the pale

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What were the three sections Ireland was divided up into

The area controlled by Gaelic lordsThe area controlled by old English lordsAnd the pale

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Who were the Gaelic lords

Lords who ruled over a clam ( a group of people with the same surname eg O'Connor) the Lord was elected from the ruling family (derbhfine)

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Who were the old English lords

Descendants from Normans who were given their land by the English King. They ruled over their own lands and had their own army and laws

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What was the pale

An area ruled by English rulers who followed English rules and customs

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Punishment under Brehon law

The only punishment was a fine that the guilty persons family payed called an éiric. Their were no executions of gaols. The Brehon (judge) was in charge of law

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Punishment under common law

Courts held in courthouse. Guilty were beheaded or sentenced to long prison sentences. Judges went from place to place appointed by the King

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What law as the Irish law

Brehon law

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What law was the English law

Common law

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Marriage laws in Brehon law

Wives kept names an properties.Divorce allowedAll children (even ones born outside the marriage) were entitled to charge fathers property

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Marriage in Common law

Wives room husbands nameHusband took wife money and propertyDivorce not allowedOn,y children born in the marriage were entitled to fathers land

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What is primogeniture

Under common law, the oldest son in the family inherits his fathers land and become the new Lord

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What clothes did they wear in the 1500s

Mantle and glib

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What is a mantle

A cloak Gaelic women wore with a long tunic

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What was a glib

A fringe Gaelic men wore

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Attacks on the pale

The people in the pale hated the GaelicThere were often wars between lordsGaelic attacked pale and Stole cattlePale framers paid black rent (protection money) to Gaelic to stop themGaelic soldiers, kern, came, burnt their house and stole animals

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What was black rent

Protection money the pale paid to Gaelic to stop the attacks

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What is a plantation

People from one country sent to another country To take land, live and work there

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Who was the lords deputy

The Kings representative in Ireland

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What was surrender And regrant

Gaelic lords would surrender their land to the King and promise to follow English rule and customs then they would be granted their land back again with a English title eg earl